816205 - Add Firefox Simulator to list of add-ons installable off-site

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: API, defect)

Description

[Fred Wenzel [:wenzel]]

In bug 816199, we're creating a Firefox OS Simulator landing page on the Marketplace devhub.

In order to be able to install the add-on from there without sending people visibly through AMO, I'd like to add the Simulator to the set of add-ons here:

https://github.com/mozilla/zamboni/blob/master/apps/amo/install.py

Couple of questions:
- ashort or clouserw, the add-on has different files per platform. Will this direct link detect the user's platform on the fly, or do we have to add 3 instances to this API and do the platform detection on our side?
- Myk: When do you expect the simulator to be up on AMO? I believe even a temporary submission would suffice to get this bug fixed.

Thanks!

Comment 1

[Fred Wenzel [:wenzel]]

Wil, please triage to unblock bug 816199. Merci :)

Comment 2

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

Allen: do you know the answer to the question in comment 0?  I don't know off the top of my head.  Fred: If you want to test it, you can just send the right referrer and it will work -- either sending you a default file or doing detection.

As far as adding FX Simulator to the list (the point of this bug) - I don't think that is necessary.  You should just be able to link to the add-on.  Is that not working?

Comment 3

[Fred Wenzel [:wenzel]]

Quick sanity check:

The link will be this: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/firefox-os-simulator/

Correct?

I presume this URL 404s at the moment because the add-on is not reviewed yet? Unable to test, we might have to wait until the reviewed version is live to confirm?

Comment 4

[tofumatt [:tofumatt]]

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firefox-os-simulator

Works just fine as the URL and is the link we send people to. The simulator is reviewed and the link works, so this seems like a WONTFIX to me.

Comment 5

[Fred Wenzel [:wenzel]]

This bug is about installing the add-on directly from the devhub. Let's only close this after we've established this works :)

Comment 6

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

Thanks for filing this.  Due to resource constraints we are closing bugs which we won't realistically be able to fix.  If you have a patch that applies to this bug please reopen.

For more info see http://micropipes.com/blog/2014/09/24/the-great-add-on-bug-triage/